Resources for Finding Legal Definitions

This guide represents a list of resources available both in the library and on the Internet to assist students in finding legal definitions. The guide is not a comprehensive list of all resources, but rather highlights some of the more popular and useful books and websites relating to legal resources.

Reference Materials

The reference section of the library is the best place to begin looking for books in the library containing legal definitions. Try some of the following titles for information.

Title	Location
Black's Law Dictionary, Eighth Edition	R 340.03 B627 2004
Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage	R 340.03 G234d 1995
Burton's Legal Thesaurus	R 340.14 B974l 1998
Oxford Companion to American Law	R 348.73 O98 2002
West's Encyclopedia of American Law	R 348.73 W538 1997 vol. 1-12
Forensic Science: An Illustrated Dictionary	R 363.2503 B838f 2004
American Dictionary of Criminal Justice	R 364.03 C452a 2001

Internet Resources

Resources for Finding Legal Definitions

Reference Materials

Internet Resources

General Law Dictionaries

Topical Dictionaries

Federal Government Websites